PUTIN'S SUSPECTED PURGE OF HIS INNER CIRCLE WAS FUELED BY A MISINFORMATION BUBBLE HE CREATED Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo by Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images Russian Preside
PUTIN'S SUSPECTED PURGE OF HIS INNER CIRCLE WAS FUELED BY A MISINFORMATION BUBBLE HE CREATED Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo by Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images Russian Preside
PUTIN'S SUSPECTED PURGE OF HIS INNER CIRCLE WAS FUELED BY A MISINFORMATION BUBBLE HE CREATED
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo by Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo by Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images
Reports say Russian President Vladimir Putin blames high-level officials for failings in Ukraine.
But experts told Insider Putin is responsible for creating a culture that allows misinformation.
"That only happened because he didn't want to hear the truth," said Russia expert Robert English.
When his country's forces first invaded Ukraine in the early hours of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin was, by many accounts, anticipating a certain and speedy victory.
Reports suggest that the longtime leader was expecting to roll into the neighboring territory, flatten a modest resistance, and be met by scores of grateful Ukrainians bearing bread and salt, the traditional Ukrainian greeting custom.
